Battery-run rickshaws will be barred from Dhaka’s main roads under a proposed policy nearing final approval, while registered e-rickshaws carrying up to four passengers will be allowed on internal roads, state minister for local government, rural development and cooperatives Mir Shahe Alam said.
Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned former army chief Sheikh Mohammad Shafiuddin Ahmed for questioning over allegations that he acquired illicit wealth through irregularities and corruption.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday ordered authorities to relocate Karwan Bazar kitchen market to Gabtoli and shift Fulbaria Bus Terminal to Keraniganj as part of a broader plan to ease traffic congestion in Dhaka.
A feasibility study is underway to upgrade key sections of the 159-kilometer Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway to six lanes, following a June announcement by prime minister Tarique Rahman.
Bangladesh government has renewed cash rewards for information leading to recovery of looted and illegal firearms, offering up to Tk 200,000 (approximately $1,622) for information that helps authorities recover heavy weapons.
Liberation War Affairs Minister Ahmed Azam Khan said Saturday that the government is working to build a Bangladesh free from enforced disappearances, killings, oppression, and torture.
India’s Border Security Force (BSF) allegedly tried to push six men into Bangladesh through the Ramdaspur border in Gomostapur upazila of Chapainawabganj on Thursday morning, but Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) prevented them from entering, BGB said.
Dhaka has lost more than 83% of its surface water over the past 250 years, according to preliminary findings from a government study.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lawmakers raised complaints over rural power cuts, weak policing, and fertilizer distribution at a parliamentary party meeting chaired by prime minister Tarique Rahman.
A Dhaka court placed Bangladeshi film actor Ashraful Haque, popularly known as Don, on a five-day remand in a murder case over the death of legendary film star Salman Shah.
